Dinner, deaths, and fetishism of the dollar in new L.A. comedy
Her play is loosely based on the Bernard Madoff scandal, the former stockbroker and investment adviser who thrived in the roaring George W. years until the bubble burst in 2008.
Sex, rock ‘n’ roll, and baseball: Linklater’s “Everybody Wants Some!!”
Amidst the drink, drugs, sex, rock 'n' roll and baseball are funny sight gags, revealing a slapstick sensibility.
“The Brainwashing of My Dad”: Rightwing agitprop’s cult-like effects
Senko's 90-minute documentary explores the techniques of and effects rightwing media has on listeners/viewers/readers.
“Six Characters in Search of An Author”: Performing Pirandello’s pirouettes
Sicilian playwright Luigi Pirandello's iconoclastic play is all the more impressive when one takes into account that its premiere in Rome was way back in 1921.
"Eye in the Sky": an eye for an eye
The contrast between board rooms and slums reminds us that when geopolitica imbalance reaches a certain level, life and death decisions can be made as easily in one venue as another.
A desire to change the world: Author Gary Murrell on Herbert Aptheker
During the height of the "Red Scare," Aptheker was considered by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover as the "most dangerous communist in the United States."
